By way of PTI
NEW DELHI: With Rahul Gandhi set to seem ahead of the Enforcement Directorate in a cash laundering case, senior Congress chief P Chidambaram on Sunday asserted that the summons to the previous celebration leader was once “baseless” and stated it seems that that the ED’s jurisdiction does now not prolong to the BJP participants or to states dominated via the saffron celebration.
Chidambaram additionally stated each and every effort will have to be made and will likely be made to forge solidarity a number of the Opposition events within the upcoming presidential polls.
Requested in regards to the ED summons to Rahul and Sonia Gandhi and the Congress’ resolution of a display of power when the previous seems ahead of the investigative company on Monday, Chidambaram stated, “I discuss as a Congress member and an suggest. The ED’s summons to Mr Rahul Gandhi beneath PMLA (Prevention of Cash Laundering Act) is baseless.”
Mentioning that the offence of cash laundering calls for ‘cash’ and ‘laundering of cash’, the previous house minister stated that within the Nationwide Bring in debt-to-equity conversion, one thing which lending banks do frequently, there was once no transaction of cash.
Subsequently, how can there be cash laundering, he requested. “It’s like accusing an individual of the offence of ‘handbag snatching’ when there was once no handbag and no snatching,” he argued.
As Congress participants, Chidambaram stated, celebration leaders will categorical cohesion with Rahul Gandhi and march with him to the ED’s administrative center on Monday.
Reacting to the federal government’s rivalry that the businesses do their activity and the opposition will have to now not concern if they have got performed no flawed, Chidambaram stated so far as the ED ‘doing its activity’ is anxious, “it seems that that the ED’s jurisdiction does now not prolong to BJP participants or to states dominated via the BJP!” Requested in regards to the Opposition’s allegation that businesses just like the ED and the CBI had been getting used towards it, he stated the “selective movements” of the investigative businesses have raised doubts within the minds of Opposition events.
“I shall now not say the rest extra,” he added. With Rahul Gandhi set to seem ahead of the Enforcement Directorate on June 13 in reference to the cash laundering case touching on the Nationwide Bring in-Related Journals Ltd deal, the Congress has determined that each one its best leaders and MPs would take out a protest march to the company headquarters right here and level a “satyagraha” towards what the celebration referred to as its “misuse” via the central govt.
Congress leaders in states may even take out marches to the company places of work of their respective states and can level “satyagraha” on Monday.
Requested in regards to the outrage and condemnation from a lot of Muslim-majority countries over the arguable remarks on Prophet Mohammad and calls that High Minister Narendra Modi will have to have intervened within the subject when the feedback had been made, Chidambaram stated, “Maximum indubitably, sure, the high minister will have to have spoken and acted instantly after the offensive utterances via the 2 (BJP) spokespersons.”
“The PM’s silence is baffling, however in song together with his silence on previous events. It’s unhappy that the federal government became a deaf ear when Opposition events, civil society leaders, writers, students and commonplace electorate forewarned the federal government to position an finish to Islamophobia, however aroused from sleep startled when 16 nations remonstrated towards the utterances,” he stated.
Will have to Indian Muslims glance to overseas nations to forestall Islamophobia, Chidambaram requested.
At the protests proceeding over the problem in more than a few portions of the rustic, Chidambaram stated the federal government, and the BJP at the back of the federal government, has been “uncovered as insincere” relating to upholding secularism.
“I learn that Sadhvi Pragya has spoken in enhance of Nupur Sharma. The silence of the high minister and the House Minister, the voices throughout the BJP in enhance of the spokespersons and the bureaucratic reaction to the loud protests of 16 overseas nations inform the entirety in regards to the BJP’s place,” Chidambaram stated.
This isn’t a brand new place, it may be traced to the writings of RSS leaders, he stated. “Naturally, I’m involved in regards to the ferment in society. It’s the duty of the federal government to reassure the minorities and repair peace,” Chidambaram stated.
At the ongoing debate at the want for blasphemy rules within the nation, he stated there are sufficient rules within the nation to care for blasphemy and there is not any want for a brand new legislation.
“Underneath the BJP governments, the rules are implemented with an evil eye and an unequal hand,” he alleged.
Requested in regards to the Congress being accused of peddling ‘cushy Hindutva’ previously and if the celebration must take an competitive stance on problems with minorities, Chidambaram brushed aside ideas of his celebration peddling in cushy Hindutva and asserted that the Congress’ reliable place, resolutions and statements have by no means deviated from its dedication to secularism.
“The Congress needn’t be competitive or defensive. We need to stand via the declaration within the Charter that India will likely be an earthly nation,” he asserted.
